India

  • For over thirty years, extremist groups have been used to justify wars, surveillance and Islamophobia while harming Muslims more than anyone else. This piece explores how these movements were shaped, infiltrated and weaponised to attack Muslim identity, and why the real face of Islam is found in everyday acts of compassion.

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  • Cinema is supposed to entertain, but Bollywood has quietly turned it into a political tool. By recycling the Muslim and Pakistani villain again and again, it mirrors Hollywood’s old propaganda model while exhausting audiences who are craving real stories, not manufactured enemies.

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  • Who are your favorite artists? When someone asks me, “Who’s your favorite artist?” my immediate reaction is, “It depends.” Art is so much more than paint on a canvas—it transcends mediums, from music to photography, from film to football. So, to give you a proper answer, let me break it down across different forms of

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  • By Mohamed Miah In every interaction, I find myself unconsciously analysing people. Not to judge or critique, but to better understand the often unseen forces driving human behavior. Through years of observation, lived experience, and reflections grounded in faith and history, I’ve come to believe that human beings—men and women—are subtly “coded” to act in

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  • The Binding Silence

    Chapter 1: The Weight of Secrets Anwar couldn’t shake the feeling that the walls of his house were closing in on him. Every room seemed too small, too suffocating. He stared down at the earphones resting on his desk, their sleek design hiding a dangerous secret. His thumb hovered over the call button on his

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  • Oh No She Didn’t

    Rahul’s house sat nestled in a quiet, tree-lined avenue in East London, a classic terraced house with a charm that spoke of history. The red-bricked façade was neatly kept, with tall, slender trees casting dappled shadows over the front steps. Inside, the house was clean and tidy, a reflection of his mother’s meticulous nature, but

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